Articles from 2024 – Page 38 of 56

Starfish tests satellite rendezvous system — and wins a $37.5M Space Force contract

Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit,… Read More

NVIDIA invests in AI-powered weed zapping ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics

Seattle ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has a new investment from NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, to fuel the… Read More

Starliner atop Atlas V rocket on Florida launch pad

First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi postponed due to valve issue

The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi was postponed today due to concerns about a valve on the… Read More

Docusign to acquire Lexion for $165M in exit for Seattle-based AI contract management company

Docusign announced an agreement to acquire Lexion for $165 million, signaling plans to integrate the Seattle-based company’s AI-powered contract management… Read More

Gates Foundation’s toilet and sanitation exhibit in Seattle is flush with education and innovation

“Everyone poops,” declares the classic children’s book used by parents, including me, to help their kids understand what is a… Read More

Can tech help cities plan for disasters? 7 ideas from an urban resilience hackathon

Editor’s note: Chuck Wolfe participated in this hackathon and is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Washington. The… Read More

As Starbucks slumps, Howard Schultz says coffee giant should ‘reinvent’ mobile ordering

Howard Schultz has some suggestions to help boost Starbucks’ business. The Seattle coffee giant saw shares sink more than 12%… Read More

Gates Foundation joins Novo Nordisk, Wellcome on $300M global health effort

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing $100 million to a new joint partnership that will support innovation and… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 28, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of April 28, 2024. Read More

Riding bikes and making birdies: We played golf with an electric 3-wheeler built by a Seattle startup

There are a few ways to get around a golf course. You can walk; you can use a pull cart;… Read More

Podcast

Amazon vs. Trader Joe’s; Bill Gates still a force at Microsoft; Inside the Binance founder’s sentencing

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s efforts to compete with Trader Joe’s, and the related tactics revealed… Read More

Drawing parallels to post-World War II, Sen. Maria Cantwell says U.S. needs an ‘AI Bill for education’

For the U.S. to maintain a competitive edge in the global artificial intelligence race, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) says there… Read More

Anthropic courts Claude AI users (and devs?) with billboard across the street from Meta in Seattle

Driving home from the Technology Alliance annual lunch in Seattle today, we were momentarily distracted by the big orange billboard… Read More

Seattle TV station says enough already with the AI and Photoshop-generated zebra memes

At the risk of beating a not-dead, just-missing zebra, here’s another story about the story that won’t quit this week.… Read More

Inside CoMotion’s new HQ: UW’s entrepreneur program plants its roots in an innovation hub

The University of Washington this week held an open house to celebrate the new headquarters of CoMotion, the UW organization… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Internal memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers a new mandate on security

This is the text of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s internal memo sent to employees Friday, May 3, about the company’s… Read More

Microsoft will base part of senior exec comp on security, add deputy CISOs to product groups

Microsoft is changing its security practices, organizational structure, and executive compensation in an attempt to address a series of major… Read More

New Glenn pathfinder rocket being rolled out from Blue Origin's Florida factory

Happy Space Day! Contest will offer kids a chance to visit Blue Origin’s rocket factory

The first Friday in May is National Space Day, which makes today a fitting time to announce a contest that… Read More

Venture Mechanics aims to boost Seattle-area startup ecosystem with incubator and event space

When Techstars suddenly pulled up stakes from Seattle earlier this year, Ron Wiener saw an opportunity to help fill a… Read More

‘Super Nintendo World’ will bring Super Mario and Donkey Kong to life in theme park experience

Video game fans will be able to step inside the worlds of Super Mario and Donkey Kong in a new… Read More

Tech Moves: Docker and Qualtrics leaders join Seattle startup Mason; Beyond adds Zulily director

Mason, a Seattle startup that offers a hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new… Read More

Meet the startups that just graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s accelerator in Seattle

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy discusses unions on CNBC

Here’s where the Amazon CEO’s comments on unions crossed the line, according to NLRB judge

It was legal for Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to say that unionization would make it tougher for employees to have… Read More

Asteroid hunters say they’ve found 27,500 new prospects in search for space rocks

A team of asteroid hunters that includes researchers at the University of Washington says it has identified 27,500 new, high-confidence… Read More

DoorDash rips Seattle over minimum wage law; reports record quarterly revenue of $2.5B

DoorDash dedicated two large paragraphs of its first quarter earnings report and spent several minutes on a call with analysts… Read More

New startup group in Seattle aims to support Black founders and investors

A computer programmer and laboratory scientist are teaming up to help boost the number of Black founders and investors in… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith join Mariners ownership group

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and his wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Seattle Mariners,… Read More

All play and no work: LinkedIn launches daily games, and here’s why we’re easily hooked

LinkedIn — the place where you go to update your resume, network with other professionals and search for jobs — is… Read More

Former Microsoft engineers raise $3M for cybersecurity startup StepSecurity

StepSecurity, a Seattle-area startup aiming to help developers secure their projects, raised a $3 million seed round led by Runtime… Read More

Take-Two Interactive layoffs hit Seattle area; 70 workers affected

Take-Two Interactive, the gaming giant behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is laying off 70 employees in the Seattle region.